Question

Police officer Mark Borsboom from Toronto is famous on the Internet, but he doesn't understand what the________is.

And his opinion of helping others hasn’t________, though a photo of him has been liked and shared on the Internet by many people.

The photo shows that the police officer is doing a (an)________, good thing—tying an old man' s shoelace(鞋带)

The thing________when Mark was on duty, helping cars leave the parking garage(车库). ________he was standing near the exit, an old man walked close to him. His hands had no________because of a health problem. He had to walk a long way to meet his son, but his shoelace was undone(松开的)

He asked Mark if he would________tying the shoelace for him. "I didn’t think anything of it. I agreed happily and tied his shoelace. I didn't know someone had photographed it. ”

The photographer was Jason Cassidy, who happened to be walking by when he saw the act of__________

Jason sent the photo on the Internet and it________became popular.

________there are many more interesting and dangerous things that Mark has done for his work. His normal (正常的) job is ________ bad men. He describes it as a million times harder than helping someone tie the shoelace. ”

That’s why he's a bit________that his small and simple act has caught people's attention.

1.A.plan B.reason C.problem D.advice

2.A.missed B.found C.prepared D.changed

3.A.big B.hard C.simple D.public

4.A.happened B.recorded C.appeared D.reached

5.A.While B.Until C.Before D.Whenever

6.A.money B.phone C.pen D.feeling

7.A.keep B.mind C.avoid D.continue

8.A.courage B.bravery C.kindness D.confidence

9.A.suddenly B.probably C.usually D.quickly

10.A.In fact B.For example C.By the way D.As a result

11.A.acting B.catching C.teaching D.watching

12.A.excited B.proud C.happy D.surprised

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.D

【解析】

本文主要讲了Mark警官因帮一位老人系鞋带这一善举而在网络走红，这对于做危险的工作的马克来说因这点小事而出名感到有点惊讶。

1.句意：来自多伦多的警官马克·博斯博姆在互联网上很有名，但他不明白原因是什么。

plan计划；reason原因；problem问题；advice建议，根据转折连词but，可知他不明白出名的原因是什么，故选B。

2.句意：他对帮助他人的看法没有改变，尽管许多人喜欢并在互联网上分享了他的照片。

missed错过；found发现；prepared准备；changed改变，根据句意，结合选项，可知尽管许多人喜欢并在互联网上分享了他的照片，他对帮助他人的看法没有改变，故选D。

3.句意：这张照片显示，警察正在做一件简单的好事——给一个老人系鞋带。

big大的；hard困难的；simple简单的；public公众的，根据“tying an old man' s shoelace”帮老人系鞋带，可知是件简单的事情，故选C。

4.句意：这件事发生在马克值班时，他在帮助汽车离开车库。

happened发生；recorded记录；appeared出现；reached到达，根据句意，可知事情发生在马克值班时，故选A。

5.句意：当他站在出口附近时，一位老人走近他。

While当……时候；Until直到；Before在……之前；Whenever无论何时，根据句意，可知当他站在出口附近时，一位老人走近他。故选A。

6.句意：由于健康问题，他的手没有感觉。

money钱；phone电话；pen钢笔；feeling感觉，根据because of a health problem.可知由于健康问题，他的手没有感觉。故选D。

7.句意：他问马克是否介意帮他系鞋带。

keep保持；mind介意；avoid避免；continue继续，根据句意，可知向他人寻求帮助时，应问介不介意做某事mind doing，故选B。

8.句意：摄影师是杰森·卡西迪，当他看到他的善意行为时，他碰巧路过。

courage勇气；bravery勇敢；kindness善意；confidence信心，根据“tying an old man' s shoelace”帮老人系鞋带，可知这是件善意行为，故选C。

9.句意：杰森把照片发到网上，很快就流行起来了。

suddenly突然；probably可能；usually经常；quickly很快，根据“Jason sent the photo on the Internet”可知在网上很快传播开了，故选D。

10.句意： 事实上，马克为他的工作做了许多更有趣和危险的事情。

In fact事实上；For example例如；By the way顺便地；As a result结果，根据下文“there are many more interesting and dangerous things that Mark has done for his work.”可知事实上马克的工作是什么样的，故选A。

11.句意：他的正常工作是抓坏人。

acting行动；catching抓；teaching教；watching观看，根据上文“Police officer Mark Borsboom”可知马克是一名警察，由常识可知，警察的职责是抓坏人，故选B。

12.句意：这就是为什么他有点惊讶，他的小而简单的行为引起了人们的注意。

excited兴奋；proud自豪；happy高兴；surprised惊讶，根据上文“there are many more interesting and dangerous things that Mark has done for his work. ”马克为他的工作做了许多更有趣和危险的事情。可知因系鞋带这件小事就出名，他觉得很惊讶。故选D。